The Day before the Day of Peace

21 September is the Day of Peace, which promote a peaceful, no-war environment for all the human beings in the world. Den Haag, as a base for many United Nations organizations, will organize a number of activities for that.

From website,
Established by a United Nations resolution in 1982, the international Day of Peace is an annual day when individuals, communities, nations and governments worldwide highlight the efforts of those who have worked hard to end conflict and promote peace.

Today, right before the Day of Peace, there was an open day for many of these organizations, which provided guided tour for visitors. Jackyand me (again) could not miss this opportunities to go and have a look. We visited three organizations in total:

1. The International Criminal Court
2. The European Patent Office
3. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
4. The Peace Palace (passed through and took one photo. Too many people=. =)

I like the International Court most. The court is used when the local court of member states cannot exercise judicial power to penalize the bad. The court can involve in criminal cases like genocide, cases against humanity, war crimes etc. The Court is not under United Nations nor any government. So it is an independent organizaiton. It also adopt various kinds of methods to protect the witnesses, in case they don't want to be known.

The second stop was The Organizaiton for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

What I remeber the most is the picture in the conference room. There is a name "Iper" This is the first time in human history a chemical weapon is used, causing great causalties.



The final distination was the European Patent Office. Nothing really special. But finally, a foreign girl came sunddenly and took a photo with me.